Single-bubble Open Inflation: An Overview
Abstract
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The idea that the universe might be open is an old one, and the possibility of having an open universe arise form inflation is not new either. However, a concrete realization of a consistent single-bubble open inflation model is known only recently. There has been great progress in the last two years in the development of models of inflation consistent with observations in such an open universe. In this overview I will describe the basic features and the phenomenological consequences of such models, making emphasis in the predictions of the CMB temperature anisotropies that differ from ordinary inflation.
20 pages, LaTeX, crckapb.sty macro included, 6 figures included in the text with epsf. Review talk, to appear in the Proceedings of the ``Birth of the Universe II'' Conference in Roma, May 1997
20 pages, LaTeX, crckapb.sty macro included, 6 figures included in the text with epsf. Review talk, to appear in the Proceedings of the ``Birth of the Universe II'' Conference in Roma, May 1997